40 years of a magnificient journey

We just stepped into the 40th year since man stepped on moon. 40 years back on 20th July 1969, man made a remarkable achievement, they "Landed on Moon". The most astonishing achievement of all time, with available technologies back then it was indeed a Hall-mark step for humankind. The Apollo 11 mission, is stated to be the first manned mission Launched on July 16, 1969, with Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr.

Though it was a remarkable and significant achievement by earthlings, it was branded as a controversy by many known and un-known scholars and researchers across the globe. Some stated the fact that it was a mere hoax and just an in-house makeup by the US Govt. and NASA in their so called secret military facility known as the Area-51. Russia's satellite imagery pointed that many of places in the Area-51 resemble to a lunar surface with huge craters and dents. The facts stated by these theories can't be ignored by a man who understands Science , nevertheless, the fact that they did 'land' on moon was also not inevitable. This has always been a controversy to people accepting it as a mere collection of facts and the understanding of whether it is possible for a human body to travel far into space. But for a common man, it still is a benchmark achievement. A benchmark that clearly indicates the human capabilities of creating a much better world to live in.

Picture courtesy: Wikipedia

I was gripped with extra-terrestrial activities from a couple of days. By activities I mean my activities such as watching the Youtube Paranormal TV UFO shows, reading about the greatest solar eclipse that is about to happen on 22nd of July 2009, and then came the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. I wish I can witness the great eclipse on 2nd. It all fell into places, and I did a whole lot of research on almost all of the above three... here are some of my findings that you might enjoy..rest are a bit too technical and I might consider you dozing off going through all of them..

Read about the Moon landing conspiracy theory and what the theory suggests and how is/was it proved wrong, here.

A marvelous site to give you the experience that people had, 40 years back in front of their Black & white Television sets, a bit more emphasized and modified version though, powered by AOL- We Choose the Moon.

Picture Courtesy-We choose the Moon (Click to Enlarge)

Picture - A creative Google Doodle (in case you've missed it)

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1. First Picture of Moon Picture courtesy: Clicked by myself